Review of Sorghum Production Practices: Applications for Bioenergy

[摘要] Sorghum has great potential as an annual energy crop. While primarily grown for its grain, sorghum can also be grown for animal feed and sugar. Sorghum is morphologically diverse, with grain sorghum being of relatively short stature and grown for grain, while forage and sweet sorghums are tall and grown primarily for their biomass. Under water-limited conditions sorghum is reliably more productive than corn. While a relatively minor crop in the United States (about 2% of planted cropland), sorghum is important in Africa and parts of Asia. While sorghum is a relatively efficient user of water, it biomass potential is limited by available moisture. The following exhaustive literature review of sorghum production practices was developed by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to document the current state of knowledge regarding sorghum production and, based on this, suggest areas of research needed to develop sorghum as a commercial bioenergy feedstock. This work began as part of the China Biofuels Project sponsored by the DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program to communicate technical information regarding bioenergy feedstocks to government and industry partners in China, but will be utilized in a variety of programs in which evaluation of sorghum for bioenergy is needed. This report can also be used as a basis for data (yield, water use, etc.) for US and international bioenergy feedstock supply modeling efforts.

[发布日期] 2010-06-01

[学科分类] 燃料技术

[关键词] ANIMAL FEEDS;BIOFUELS;BIOMASS;CHINA;CROPS;ENERGY EFFICIENCY;EVALUATION;FORAGE;MOISTURE;ORNL;PRODUCTION;SACCHAROSE;SIMULATION;SORGHUM;WATER;WATER USE sorghum;bioenergy;biomass;feedstock